Thread: Obama sends riot police to veterans march, but not to immigration march (Video)

Obama sends riot police to veterans march, but not to immigration march (Video)




Obama sends riot police to veterans march, but not to immigration march (Getty Images)


Immigration/Union Demonstration

Victor Medina
Republican Examiner

October 14, 2013

On Sunday, President Barack Obama sent U.S. Capitol Police in full riot gear to greet military veterans protesting outside the White House. A few days earlier, Obama sent U.S. Capitol Police on bicycles and wearing yellow fluorescent vests to greet participants of a union-ledimmigration protest.

The difference in police tactics is documented by video and photos taken at both events. The video, taken by NBC News (and posted here via YouTube) shows police in riot gear (including batons and riot helmets) yelling at and scuffling with veterans, including some elderly World War II veterans. In photos taken by Getty Images (and included in the above slideshow), police are dressed more like school crossing guards, many wearing yellow vests and some riding bicycles.

According to news reports, no arrests were made at the veteran march, originally organized by the group Million Vet March, that protested the closure of national monuments, including World War II Memorial, a public, open-air plaza that usually doesn’t close.

At the immigration march, organized by a number of immigration groups, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and the AFL/CIO, a number of protestors were arrested, including some Democratic members of Congress.
Critics say the heavy-handed tactics by Capitol Police were due to the fact that the Million Vet March had significant support from conservatives, the Tea Party, and Republicans. Former GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and Sen. Ted Cruz attended the event. The AFL/CIO and the SEIU have been frequent supporters of President Obama. Many question why a pro-Obama rally was allowed to be held on the National Mall, that was otherwise supposed to be closed to the public.

http://www.examiner.com/article/obam...igration-march

While Honorably Discharged US Veterans are being treated like PRISONERS OF WAR in their own country, the Obamacare enforcer IRS is paying illegal aliens to STAY in the United States ..

Paying Illegals to Stay IRS Gives Out Billions Each Year

More Pictures: Protesters MOVE the Barricades to the White House

The “Million Vet March”, which Capitalism Institute is a proud official sponsor, brought vets, bikers, truckers, Tea Partiers, libertarians, and others to protest the pointless closing of the PRIVATELY FUNDED veteran memorials.

As a response, the White House sent a massive federal police presence to intimidate the vets… as though the clean-cut, polite, and patriotic protest would get “violent”.
As a response, a ton of protesters actually PICKED UP the barricades at the veteran memorial and moved them in front of the White House, reportedly yelling, “Shut down the White House!” That was a brilliant touch.
Here are some of the pictures and a video… the one of the elderly vets saluting in the rain is probably my favorite:









The federal police shoved some of the peaceful protesters, showed up with riot gear, and arrested at least one person. Pathetic.
This is a proud day in the history of American resistance to tyranny. Thousands of people marched on DC in a protest that has been planned for less than even a week.
Click here to see the first pictures of the protests — and the tearing down of the original barricades.
Click here to see the strong police presence, including horseback police to intimidate the vets.


http://www.capitalisminstitute.org/move-the-barricades/